Luis Gomez says the Josie vs Kim fight is off
Six words from Luis J. Gomez ended the most publicly assembled bout on the Skankfest X card.
The Skankfest X fight between Josie Marcellino and Kimberly Congdon is not happening. Luis J. Gomez posted that Josie pulled out, and that was the entire announcement. No replacement, no new date, no explanation beyond the two sentences.
That is a quick ending for a matchup that took a while to build. Gomez had been running the whole thing out in the open, taking nominations for who should face Josie, before settling on Congdon as the opponent. The replies did the matchmaking. Now the replies get the cancellation too.
What Gomez actually said
Six words. "Josie vs Kim is off. Josie pulled out." There is no stated reason in the post, so anything beyond that is guessing, and we are not going to guess. Gomez did not say whether Congdon gets another opponent, whether the slot stays on the card, or whether the fight could be rebooked later.
Josie vs Kim is off. Josie pulled out.
The real story
Booking a fight in public is great while it is working. The nominations were a bit, the callouts were a bit, and the whole thing ran on people watching it come together in real time. The downside shows up the moment one side is out, because the audience that watched you build it is the same audience watching it fall apart, and there is no quiet way to handle it. Gomez put the card together on X, so he has to take the card apart on X.
For anyone who had this circled on the Skankfest X plans, that is one less thing to look forward to. The rest of the festival lineup is unaffected by anything Gomez said here, because he did not mention it. The only confirmed change is this one bout coming off.
If a replacement happens, expect to find out the same way everyone found out about the original matchup, which is a short post from Gomez with no preamble. That has been the format for this entire story and there is no sign it is about to change.